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Pafenfed ocf. 26, 1943 U...T DoT TES PATENToFFIC The preSent invention Telates to nevv and useful iInprovenfents in deviceS for holding hats and other artfoleS.

fn object of the invention fs to pfovide a holdef device of generally ifnpfoved conStfuctionl Anothef' object of the invention is the pfovf sion of a holdef vvflich iS designed to ffrInly gfip aI1afticle v ithout daInaging the safne.

A further object of the fnvention is the pfovi- Sion of a holder of the above ohafacteffroIn which the afticle n1aly be readny TeleaSed.

Sti11 another object of the invention iS the provision of a holdef of the afofesaid oharaoter which is Telatively SiInple and inexpensive in oonStfuction and efcient in 11Se.

()thef objects and advantageS of the invention vvi11 becofne appafent as the description pfo gfesSeS. v

In t11e accoIn anying dTaWing foTIning 9 paft of thiS Specification'and in vvhich like nun1erals areomployed to deSignote ooffesponding paTtS thfoughout= igufe 1 iS a side elevationo1 view of a pre ferfed fofn1 of the device paftly in Section,

1 ,iguTe 2 iS a longitudina1 Section taken on Hne 2z of igure 1, 4

Figufe 3 is a view paftly in Section ond paftly in elevation ofo Inodied forIn of the device,

Figure is a fragInentafy side elevational vievv of the Same,

f igufe 5 is a sicfe elevationa1 view, palrtly in section, of anotheT Inodified foffn of the device,

1 gure 6 iS a side elevationa1 vievv of the saIne in a diffefent holding arrangement,

Figl1re 7 iS a Side elevationa1 vieW of anothef fnodified fofm of the device, and

FiguTe 8 iS a transveTSe section taken on 1ine 8-a of Figufe 7.

fefeffing to igureS 1 and 2 of the dfavving, illuStfating al prefefred foffn of the invention, n deSignates a body of elongated fofIn having a S1ot extending longitudinally inWard ffoIn one end foI' the fnajor length of the body, t each Side of the slot ll is a paif of fiat pafane1 side nle1T1beTS l2 conStituting elongated avv Sec tionS. Af the o11ter end theSe javvS are ronnded, aS indicated at l3, So that the S1()t ffareS out Wafdly thefeatt the Opposite end the body is Shaped to fofn1 an enlaTged approxifnately cifcular hed l4 provided with an angular slot. This slot is pfeferably shaped to provide al fadial poftion f5 extending ffon1 the oiroumfefence to the center of the head and having an increasing taper tovvafd the center poftion WheTe it joinS o siInilafly tapered angular poftion fs extending Tadiany fToIn the center to a point short of he cifcuInfefenoe. AS Wi11 be noted ffofn the dfaW ing, the elongated slotted poftioI1of the body iS fectanguJar in ofosS Section vvhile the oifoulaf head poftion lf is ffat at eadoh side.

To the inner sides of faceS of the pafane1 side IneInbefS l2 afe conneoted a plurality of trans versely extending pTojections, in the present exan1ple en1bodying felatively thin baSe stfipS lf Seoufed, aS by adhesive, in face to face Telation vvith the inner sides of the nlefnbefs l2. ()n the extefiof face of each of theSe base stfips afe forfned a plurality of pfotr11ding rounded boSseS l8 each of which is foTIned With a noffna11y stfaight shank ls forn1ed at the outef end vvitf1 af1enlaTged Sphefica1 head 2n, pfoviding pfongS arTanged in fTansverSe fows of three at unifofn1 1ongitudina11y spaced intervalS. ffs best shown at 'igure fthe tfansvefse fovvS of pfongS of the fespective Sides alfe advantageouSly diSposed in staggefed Telation and are of a length exceeding ha1f the vvidth of the slot between the inne1' Sides of the seotionS I2 So that these endSof adjacent fovvS pfofect one ovef the other.

InaSnluch as it iS deSirable that the pfongs as Wen asthe side sections l2 and the head of the body be Tesiliently ffexible vith fespect to their norfna1 foTInation it iS intended that they be fofn1ed of ffexible reSilient Inateria1 suohZ prongS inWafdly and nlay spfead apart the longitud1a1 Side memberS f2. The feSilienoy of the projections and the side fnefnbers rn11y gripS the inSerted poftion of the hat to ffictionally hold the San1e thefein. vvhen the hat of' other inSerted afticle is to be detached ffofn the hangef device 0ne or both of the side Sections l2 Inay aHdvantageouSly be SWung outWard to release the poftion gripped by the hanger.

In a nlodiffed fofn1 of the devioe i11T1Strated at E igures 3 and the body indicated at 2| hav ing a sin1ilar slotted po1'tion is shaped to form a rectangulaf-shaped solid poftion 22 at the closed end. This solid end. is pfovided With a paiT of tfansverSe right angularly extending and fn terSecting bores 23 and vth a 1ongitudinally dfrected bofe 24 intefsecting the tfansverse bofes. 

